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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Pearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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270 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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251 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Pearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to work over Pearson's front leg with a kick but Pearson checks it.
Pearson walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
It looks like James Pearson has been cut.
Silva takes a swing at Pearson's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws a body punch but Pearson moves out of range.
Pearson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Silva has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Pearson ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Pearson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Pearson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like Rodrigo Silva has been cut.
Nice shot lands for Pearson.
Pearson avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Pearson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Pearson counters with a big left hand that crumples Silva! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Pearson!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
77% |
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